Current Heyman Center Fellow Stefan Andriopoulos's article, "Rumor and Media: On Circulations and Credence (via Kant and Marx)," has been published in the Fall 2023 issue of Grey Room. The work adopts a historical perspective on how the introduction of new technologies has increased the circulation and acceptance of rumors and disinformation, from Gutenberg's printing press to X and TikTok. The text develops a general argument on the intimate link between rumor, credence, and new media forms, but also analyzes Marx's Communist Manifesto as a successful response to a surge of disinformation in nineteenth-century print media. In doing so, Andriopoulos aims to draw lessons on how to counter the circulation of "falsehoods in social media" today.

A link to the open-access article can be found here.